The space component of the China-India grand strategy: report warns of increasing militarization

Space component of the China-India grand strategy. Know more…

Wednesday, 18th August 2021

A new report from the Asia-Pacific Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Leadership Network (APLN) warns that the development of weapons and space capabilities in Asia-Pacific countries is on the rise. The report emphasized that India, China, and Japan continue to advance to the forefront of space, "laying the foundation for future conflicts outside the Earth."

The report was prepared by independent space expert Dr. Namrata Goswami and studied the space energy capabilities of major regional powers under the increasingly dominant position of India and China.

The report assessed the prospects for the proliferation of space warfare capabilities, institutions, and legal systems, as well as restrictions on space weapons, worst-case militarization, and ways to demilitarize space. According to the report, "China, India, and Japan, in particular, are leading aerospace countries with independent launch capabilities and ambitions for spatial resolution and utilization of space resources."

India’s space might

Anti-Satellite Asat Highlight Test marks the characteristics of Indian growing space that places it directly with the competition from China in China.

ASAT tests are essential to improve Indian skills in the fourth country around the world, acquired this deterrent and modern skill, and the general efforts were the people who take people. India is the height of the spacecraft. He says he will make the country stronger and safer.

"The Indian military space sector leads to the Calgille war by Pakistan" after leaving between the "failure of intelligence," the Indian institution has a border of the infiltration officer across the Himalayas border, it was reported that no I could pick up the intelligence beyond. 

China consolidates position in the space race

China has a budget of US $ 8 billion and an ambitious space plan to build a permanent space station by 2022, a lunar research outpost by 2036 and a geostationary orbit (GEO) solar satellite (SPS) by 2050) Capacity transmission, and become a world leader in the space field by 2050.

As early as 2007, Beijing has been working to enhance its military strength beyond the ground by testing anti-satellite systems. It can independently guide missiles and bombs to fixed targets without worrying about the United States shutting down navigation services.

"With the establishment of the China People's Liberation Army Space Force (PLASSF), China has institutionalized separate space services. PLASSF is the first to integrate China's growing military space assets into a single unit, aiming to occupy the Dominion, "the report says.

At the same time, with the development of geopolitics, countries such as Australia, Japan, and South Korea are also arming themselves with new technologies. Although South Korea has developed the ability to weaken the interference of reconnaissance or communication satellites, Japan has been developing advanced radar systems, space situational awareness satellites, and satellite interceptors amidst the tensions in the East China Sea.

On the other hand, Pakistan is likely to "use its relationship with China to develop its space capabilities to deter and threaten its rival India."

The News Talkie Bureau

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Indiatoday